2023

TR0754 : Village sign for Old Wives Lees

taken 1 year ago, near to Old Wives Lees, Kent, England

Village sign for Old Wives Lees
Village sign for Old Wives Lees
There is a six-way junction at the centre of Old Wives Lees. The green in the middle of the junction sees the village sign with hops and farming featuring.

The origin of the name of Old Wives Lees is not clear but in 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Old Wives Lees thus: "OLD-WIVES-LEES, or Oldwoods-Lees, a place in the N E of Kent; 4¼ miles S W of Canterbury. An annual race, on 19 May, by young maids and bachelors, was instituted here by Sir D. Digges of Chilham."

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TR0754, 87 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Marathon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 26 January, 2023   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 28 January, 2023
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 0720 5488 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:15.3254N 0:58.0796E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TR 0719 5488
View Direction
Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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